Every man Quote by Frederick Henry Hedge

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.

— Francis Herbert Hedge

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

— Herbert Spencer

For all men being originally equals, no one by birth could have the right to set up his own family in perpetual preference to…

— Thomas Paine

Every man is the son of his own works.

— Miguel de Cervantes

Every man is the author of his own life.

— Paul Auster

“The world of our fathers resides within us. Ten thousand generations and more. A form without a history has no power to perpetuate itself.…

— Cormac McCarthy

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

— Marcus Aurelius

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the…

— Voltaire

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of their…

— Voltaire

“History is written by every generation. Every generation writes its own history using the same sources. The interpretations vary according to time.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“Who is a true heir? He who treats his inheritance justly, and, respectful of his father's lifelong struggles, preserves & carries it further.”

— Felipe Mora Carballo

After his wife died, a husband who is a father may have many wives or relationships ... but his son will always have only…

— Ruediger Schaefer